What Cancer Cannot Do Framed

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:27 am

It looks beautiful!!!!!!

Raine · Post by **Raine** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 6:34 am

I know I'm kind of repeating myself by saying this again, but your kindness and encouragement are making me feel wonderful. Thank you.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:17 am

It really is looking gorgeous and the roses are so realistic too. Love the colour changes you have made - they are right for the design. I am delighted that the stitching is helping you through this difficult time and glad we can all help too.

Sally

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:16 am

Beautiful!

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:56 am

Looks great

Juel · Post by **Juel** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:15 pm

You making great progress

Raine · Post by **Raine** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:00 pm

I've finished all of the cross stitch so now it's on to the back stitch. Please wish me luck because I only learned how to do it a little while ago. I was clueless about what to do about securing it when it begins in the middle of nowhere, as in the text in the middle of this project, but I looked up some of your posts here in the tips section and I think I know what to do.

I'm going to use the darkest red wine in the roses for the words.

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:26 pm

that's beautiful!

Juel · Post by **Juel** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:49 pm

It looks great, good luck with your backstitching, I'm sure you will manage it

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:59 pm

It looks beautiful. I tried to explain what I do with the end of the thread when I backstitch but it sounded way more confusing than it is, so I will leave it to some of our other members who are much better at explaining things than I am. I am sure that it is going to be lovely.

The colors are so warm and pretty. well done.

Carole

Raine · Post by **Raine** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:07 am

I found three stitches I missed when I went back to back stitch. Makes me wonder how many others I skipped.

The thread is dark and the fabric is white and rather loosely woven. I'm not carrying my thread all over the place but I am carrying it from one letter to the next but I turn the work upside down every other letter so the thread is only carried over a stitch or two. But still, if you look really hard, you can see the thread. The only other thing I can think of is to start and stop each letter separately. Is that being too obsessive/compulsive? It's just being done for us, not a competition, but I don't want to be doing something really heinous!

Angel · Post by **Angel** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:11 am

I always carry my thread on lettering, I don't even care if you can see it because it reflects how I write. However I do stop and start for different words. If you want to carry the thread then carry it. If it looks bad after you've stitched it...you've only done two letters, frog it and be OCD about it. We all have those OCD moments, sometimes you just have to embrace it ^_^

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:17 am

I sometimes carry the thread from letter to letter if it is only a few squares but like Angel I usually start over with a new word. If you don't like the way it looks, its not that hard to unpick the first few letters and then just do each one seperately. I usually make my decision after about 3 letters as to whether or not I think the carry over is too much.

Carole

cgirlish · Post by **cgirlish** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:15 am

plus your probably holding it up once you fame it there wont be any light coming in thru the fabric and will be less noticable

Raine · Post by **Raine** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 7:22 am

Thanks everyone, for your help.

I put it down for today to give you time to answer and for me to think about it. I always use a layer of quilt batting under the stitched piece when I frame it so I looked at it against that and under incandescent light, not the the daylight bulb I use for stitching and it was really noticeable. So, OCD won, as usual.

I'm going to start over.

But this is just at the top where it says, "What Cancer Cannot Do." These letters are bigger and there is more space between them. I think in the main body of the text, where there is only one square between letters, I might be able to get away with carrying the thread. I'll definitely break between words.

I can see where this will be a case by case basis based on thread, fabric, and design.

It's a good day for stitching when I learn something. Thanks again!

Midge · Post by **Midge** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:44 am

It looks beautiful to me. Good luck with the lettering.

Kirstylou · Post by **Kirstylou** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 8:50 am

Loos beautiful, good luck with the writing in it,

Raine · Post by **Raine** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:46 am

Second attempt much better. Yay!

Nachstenliebe · Post by **Nachstenliebe** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:02 pm

It's looking gorgeous so far!!

Faith

Jaki :) · Post by **Jaki :)** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 1:05 pm

So beautiful looking

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